The welfare provision model of a homeworker network: A case study of the HomeNet Thailand Association

Women's Socio-Economic Status in The Putting-out System of Work During the Covid-19 Pandemic

“…This study examines and analyzes the social practices of the putting out system type of work carried out by the families of female workers who were massively confirmed to have Covid-19 during the pandemic. This novel context of the Covid-19 pandemic has never been discussed by researchers before has been discussed in research in various countries (Chantagul et al, 2018;Daovisan et al, 2018;Duggal, 2009;Kim & Parker, 2020;Masuo et al, 1992;Reuschke, 2019;Tassie, 1997;Yusoff et al, 2019;Zenkteler et al, 2019;Zulfiqar, 2020;Zulfiqar & Khan, 2020). At the same time during this pandemic, women must fight against the corona virus in order to stay alive, escape the clutches of death during the mass quarantine and return to work activities in the putting-out system sector for the sake of the economy and family survival.…”

“…The putting out system work has also previously been discussed in research in various countries: Pakistan (Zulfiqar, 2020) and (Zulfiqar & Khan, 2020); England (Kim & Parker, 2020); Malaysia (Yusoff et al, 2019); Australia (Zenkteler et al, 2019); United Kingdom (Reuschke, 2019); Laos (Daovisan et al, 2018); Thailand (Chantagul et al, 2018) Africa (Lindell, 2011); India (Duggal, 2009); Australia (Tassie, 1997); Hawaii (Masuo et al, 1992). In Indonesia there has previously been research related to home work with the type of putting out system in areas adjacent to the industrial sector in the context of economic empowerment (Habibi, 2019;Handayani et al, 2018;Hunga, 2013;Iriani et al, 2016;Susanti, 2010), legal protection and advocacy (Agusmidah et al, 2018;Jannah, 2017;Solechan, 2018;Utami et al, 2019).…”